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| Date: | 10 04 1963 |
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| Description: | A man surveys the damage to his car, and the aged tree that toppled onto it. |
| Date: | 06 1927 |
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| Description: | Staged scene of a man looking into an automobile radiator with a match in hand. This photograph was taken for International Harvester's Agricultural Extens... |
| Date: | 08 1927 |
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| Description: | Man tending to a campfire while a woman is preparing a meal on a picnic table by a tent. A car is parked next to the campsite and a dog is sniffing at a te... |
| Date: | 11 30 1934 |
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| Description: | View across street towards a group of people looking at the automobile driven by W.B. Peterson which climbed the concrete abutment guarding a safety island... |
| Date: | 08 03 1934 |
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| Description: | View down road towards a group of people looking at an overturned automobile belonging to Fred Swanson. Fred and Norma Swanson, Dorothy Thompson, Edward an... |
| Date: | 10 05 1912 |
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| Description: | A wrecked automobile, which crashed during the 1912 Milwaukee Grand Prize Race (later called the American Grand Prix); possibly car #35, in which driver Ra... |
| Date: | 1923 |
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| Description: | Unprotected railroad crossings were a particular hazard for automobiles as this 1923 poster issued by the American Railroad Association dramatically points... |
| Date: | 07 1927 |
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| Description: | John Esch, sitting behind the wheel of an automobile, adjusting his eyeglasses while smoking a tobacco pipe. Photograph taken for International Harvester's... |
| Date: | 08 1927 |
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| Description: | A man wearing a hat and smoking a tobacco pipe using a rag to wipe the windshield of an automobile. |
| Date: | 08 1927 |
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| Description: | A man jaywalking across a street in front of a moving automobile. The road is lined with houses and commercial buildings, and additional automobiles are pa... |
| Date: | 08 1927 |
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| Description: | A man reaching for loose matches carried in his pocket while holding a tobacco pipe in his other hand. The photograph was taken on International Harvester'... |
| Date: | 08 1927 |
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| Description: | A woman moves a curtain out of the way of an electrical fan sitting on a desk. Near the fan are some books, a floral arrangement, and a notepad. Outdoors, ... |
| Date: | 04 24 1926 |
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| Description: | Children walking along the side of a road in front of a one-room schoolhouse as an automobile approaches from behind. Other children are playing in the sch... |
| Date: | 04 23 1926 |
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| Description: | A man stops his automobile at a railroad crossing while waiting for the train to cross a paved road. The traffic sign to the right of the car reads: "Railr... |
| Date: | 04 23 1926 |
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| Description: | Two children playing on the stone foundation of a basement which appears to have been damaged by fire. A farmhouse with two automobiles parked nearby are i... |
| Date: | 03 1926 |
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| Description: | A child sits on a rotten wooden well covering while playing in the mud with a piece of metal and holding a can marked "Salted Pecans." An automobile is in ... |
| Date: | 02 1928 |
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| Description: | A man is standing alongside a dirt road while changing a rear tire on an automobile, blocking the taillight and demonstrating a farm hazard. |
| Date: | 06 1927 |
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| Description: | A hitchhiker thumbing a ride from a passing car along a gravel road near Hinsdale. The photograph was staged to demonstrate a farm hazard. |
| Date: | 12 1926 |
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| Description: | A man smoking a pipe is pulling a gun by the muzzle out from the back seat of an automobile, while another man holding a gun is standing beside him. The sc... |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | A sign reading: "No Parking on Pavement - State Law" is posted alongside a road, and in the background a man is standing in the line of traffic to inspect ... |
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